| Date | 1820 |
| Author | Bancks |
| Contribution | Made an advanced simple microscope. |
| Reference | Anon. |
| Notes | The instrument was used by the English botanist Bentham. It had a 20x lens that could be used for dissection and a 170x lens for high magnification. It exemplified the high development of the "Ellis Aquatic" type of microscope. Similar instruments were made by Bancks from about 1810 to about 1830, and instruments of this type, made in England by Bancks, Dollond or others, were used by Charles Darwin, William Hooker and Robert Brown. Bancks, often written as Banks, was not related to Sir Joseph Banks. Not mentioned by Bradbury. |
| Category | Microscopy |
| Pathogen Class | General |
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